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Yippee totally agree, just didn’t know how generic they were.

Was round helping a friend last week, as we finished up he said he had an old chainsaw in a few bits in a poly bag, that hadn’t been used for a few years and would I like it. Well of course I would it would be rude not to take it. An Efco MT3700 lurked inside. Brought it home and stripped out the carb the diaphragms which were crispy so got a generic repair kit and a spark plug, changed them today, Put the main body back together, few squeezes of the primer bulb, 1/2 dozen pulls and it sparks into life. Runs quite well. Was going to but the bar and chain on and give it a wee sharpen then a proper test, alas it was not to be as the chain tensioner screw is missing. How generic are these screws, I can find lots of generic tensioner screws on Amazon and eBay for about £6, but when I google the model number and part I only found a couple of places, one in USA and one in Europe that were wanting £25 inc postage to UK, for a wee homeowner saw I don’t think that is worth it. Is it my google skills that are letting me down or will one of the generic screw fit. Ta folks.

My Avatar is the result of an angle grinder disk get nipped in the cut and kicking out leaving a gash at the side of my knee. I use angle grinders a lot that that has been my only injury so far, touching wood.

If it is the smell I am thinking of, it reminds me of cigar boxes from the 70’s. 😀And don’t listen to them, it is a fantastic firewood if it’s free😀

I concerned for the person in the background who has by the looks of it been hung, you are wearing meat processing gloves, this is beginning to look like a scene from Fargo😀

I’m a Charnwood fan, made in UK.

Posted a pic of this before, made from and old sleeper and some old fence stabs. Only use it when I have loads of limbs like that to cut, usually cut the limb with it sitting on top of other chopped logs.

Unless it’s a horrendous recovery to get it to where you are processing it then it is well worth the effort. As I said I burn a lot of willow and it has certainly kept me warm for many a year.

Sycamore is a very good fire wood, I burn a lot of it, by coincidence I also burn a lot of willow, not as good but because the price is right (free) they are both fantastic. Of course split and stack and leave for a year to dry out.

I’m not a professional chainsaw user but have been regularly using one for over 20 years, to me that chain is too tight oil looks good. But is it bar oil it looks more like old engine oil.😀

Them chain teeth look blunt when I zoom in

Is the chain too tight? is the oiler working? Hold the nose of the bar close to something clean, rev it and see if you get a spray of oil mark against the said clean log or bit of paper etc. Is the chain nice and sharp, if not it will overheat in the cut and just make some sawdust instead of nice shavings.

I lost the top of my thumb as a teenager with an axe and my nephew lost the top of one of his fingers when he was a young lad due to an incident with a heavy door so whenever we see each other we take great delight in saying “high 4 1/2” to each other, oh the little things in life that make you smile.

That’s going to nip, speedy recovery

If it is that far gone then it sounds like it has become one with nature anyway especially at the bottom of your pile, perhaps if anything just lift / wrestle the top uncomposted stuff of the top to burn. As said hard to tell without a pic.